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Date:      Mon, 3 May 1999 15:53:42 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        media@mail1.nai.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: getting warning on start-up/can't find files
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9905031548250.4517-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <v03130303b35284dbca56@[209.150.39.65]>

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On Sun, 2 May 1999 media@mail1.nai.net wrote:

> I just installed 3.1-RELEASE on a 133 Pentium w/64M RAM.  I am using Boot
> Manager with a DOS partion (Windows 95).  Upon booting up FreeBSD, I get
> long list of messages I don't understand,

It's a list of all the devices the kernel is attempting to probe for
on your machine. Very useful, if you have a hardware problem.

>including:
> Intel Pentium detected, installing workaround for F00F bug

You have a Pentium with the show-stopper F00F bug. The kernel will
work around it.

> changing root device to wd0s2a
> WARNING: / was not properly dismounted

You didn't shut your machine down properly. Next time, instead of
switching it off, log in as root as use:

	shutdown -h now

> What does that mean??  Then in grey text it says:
> 
> Swapon: adding /dev/WWd0s2b as swap device
> Automatic reboot in progress . . .
> /dev/rwd0s2a: 965 files, 18251 used, 13492 free (228 frags, 1658 blocks,
> 0.7% fragmentation)
> /dev/rwd0s2f:  12185 files, 100382 used, 504225 free (27057 frags, 59646
> blocks, 4.5% fragmentation)
> /dev/rwd0s2e: 93 files, 1220 used, 28531 free (11 frags, 3565 block, 0.0%
> fragmentation)

These are all your file systems, being mounted one-by-one; after
running a file-system check on them.

> When I log on as root, and type ls -lag it lists:
> .
> ..
> .cshrc
> .history
> .klogin
> .login
> .profile
> 
> I expected to see directories like bin, dev, usr, etc., but they aren't
> listed.  Shouldn't they be there??

Under FreeBSD, root's home directory is "/root", and not "/" (which is
what most System V UNIX implementations have). bin, dev, usr are all
there. Try:

	cd /
	ls

Jonathan Chen
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